Method for automatically recognizing approval number for electronic commerce through SMS message in DMB terminal

• US 7,917,160 B2
• Filed: 08/11/2006
• Issued: 03/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Young-Jip, Cho, Jeong-Sik, Choe, Jun-Young, Kim, Sun-Mi
• Primary Examiner(s): Corsaro; Nick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Matharu; Manpreet S
• Application Number:
  US11/503,457
• Publication Number:
  US 20070037591A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,691 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 705/26, 705/27, 705/64
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/325 using wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3255 using mobile network messaging services for payment, e.g. SMS
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/403 Solvency checks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/425 using two different networks, one for transaction and one for security confirmation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for automatically recognizing an approval number for performing an electronic commerce transaction through a short messaging service (SMS) message in a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) terminal, the method including the steps of: accessing, by the DMB terminal, a home page for electronic commerce through a web-browsable DMB service, and determining a purchase for a predetermined product; requesting, through the home page, an approval number for approving payment for the predetermined product according to purchase determination for the predetermined product; receiving an SMS message including an approval number according to the request; displaying the SMS message in an active state of the DMB service; and recognizing the approval number from the displayed SMS message.

Claims

1. A method for automatically recognizing an approval number for an electronic commerce transaction through a short messaging service (SMS) message in a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

selecting, by the DMB terminal, a desired product from a predetermined home page through a web-browsable DMB service;

requesting, through the home page, the approval number corresponding to the desired product;

receiving an SMS message including the approval number in response to the request;

displaying the SMS message in an active state of the DMB service; and

recognizing the approval number from the displayed SMS message;

wherein the web-browsable DMB service includes a browser web service (BWS); and

wherein the DMB terminal checks the SMS message without ending the browser web service (BWS), so that a screen shift is not performed of the predetermined home page displaying the desired product;

wherein the recognizing step comprises the steps of;

selecting an automatic recognition for the SMS message displayed in the displayed step;

automatically extracting the approval number from the displayed SMS message; and

recognizing the approval number by automatically inputting the extracted approval number into an approval number input column of the predetermined home page displaying the desired product to complete payment without requiring additional input from a user when an automatic mode in the SMS message is selected.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the SMS message is provided through a pop-up window in the active state of the DMB service.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the SMS message is provided in an overlay scheme in the active state of the DMB service.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the SMS message is provided through a cascade-type display window in the active state of the DMB service.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, upon receiving the SMS message, maintaining a display of screen of the DBM terminal without a screen shift.

6. A method for automatically recognizing an approval number relating to an electronic commerce transaction through a short messaging service (SMS) message in a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

selecting, by the DMB terminal, a desired product from a predetermined home page through a web-browsable DMB service;

requesting, through the home page, the approval number for the desired product;

receiving an SMS message including the approval number in response to the request;

extracting the approval number from the displayed SMS message; and

recognizing the approval number by automatically inputting the extracted approval number into an approval number input column of the predetermined home page displaying the desired product to complete payment without requiring additional input from a user when an automatic mode in the SMS message is selected;

wherein the web-browsable DMB service includes a browser web service (BWS); and

wherein the DMB terminal checks the SMS message without ending the browser web service (BWS), so that a screen shift is not performed of the predetermined home page displaying the desired product.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein, upon receiving the SMS message, maintaining a display of screen of the DBM terminal without a screen shift.

8. A method for automatically recognizing an approval number relating to an electronic commerce transaction through a short messaging service (SMS) message in a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

selecting, by the DMB terminal, a desired product from a predetermined home page through a web-browsable DMB service;

requesting, through the home page, the approval number for the desired product;

receiving an SMS message including the approval number according to the request;

converting the SMS message into data for the DMB service in an active state of the DMB service and displaying the converted data; and

recognizing the approval number from the displayed converted data;

wherein the web-browsable DMB service includes a browser web service (BWS); and

wherein the DMB terminal checks the SMS message without ending the browser web service (BWS), so that a screen shift is not performed of the predetermined home page displaying the desired product;

wherein the recognizing step comprises the steps of;

selecting an automatic recognition mode for the SMS message displayed in the displayed step;

extracting the approval number from the displayed SMS message; and

recognizing the approval number by automatically inputting the extracted approval number into an approval number input column.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the converting step comprises the steps of:

converting the approval number in the received SMS message into data of a DMB service scheme; and

outputting the converted data simultaneously with a DMB service screen being currently displayed.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the data of the DMB service scheme has a web page format of an HTML scheme.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein, upon receiving the SMS message, maintaining a display of screen of the DMB terminal by not performing a screen shift.

12. A digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) terminal for automatically recognizing an approval number relating to an electronic commerce transaction through a short messaging service (SMS) message, comprising:

a communication service module configured to receive the SMS message;

a DMB service module configured to perform a DMB Service;

a control module coupled to the communication module and the DMB service module;

an interface module coupled to the control module,

wherein the control module is configured to control the communication module to maintain browser web service while the received SMS message is being checked,

wherein upon receiving the SMS message, the control module is configured to control approval number is automatically input into an approval number input column of the DMB service,

wherein while automatically inputting approval number into an approval number column of the DMB service, the control module is configured to prevent the DMB service module from determining that a screen shift has been performed through data conversion or control of an approval number.

13. The (DMB) terminal as claimed in claim 12, wherein the control module is configured to convert the SMS message into data according to the DMB service upon receiving the SMS message.